your smartphone, a way to break into the southwest airlines app. >> david stites, we entered on our southwest mobile app. here, we see the password equaled a test. >> reporter: he hacked into the southwest app and found the personal data of passengers. >> there is a tradeoff made of, well, how secure are we? you know, pretty secure? well, then we are willing to, you know, take that risk. >> reporter: but if you were in an open wifi environment, like an airport or coffee shop, your smartphone data is at risk, largely because you leave it unprotected. >> a lot of people don't think of their phones as being computers but they really are. they are as powerful as computers were a few years ago and people store a lot of information on there. they have pictures, they have contact lists. things that are of value to cybercriminals and they have to protect them. >> reporter: good advice before you travel in an increasingly open smartphone-filled world. southwest airlines about the company's app, they say they are looking into the security breach and they will have a security

patch for app users. janelle? >> scott, thanks so much. >> you bet. the mare of the largest city in the bay area is facing a complaint over ethics violations. it came just hours after an nbc bay area investigative unit exclusive that exposed how the mayor used an inflated dollar figure to push forward his pension reform plan. now, a formal complaint has been filed by five local unions. the complaint alleges mayor chuck reed and the city's retirement service director "misrepresented material facts involving future pension costs for the city." our investigation uncovered the mayor used this inflated number even went official projection by ethity was quarter of a billion dollars lower. well, our investigation is the talk of the city hall ahead of the state of the city address which was scheduled to get under wait 6:30 tonight. earlier today, reed called the ethics complaint "political theater." he gave us a preview of tonight's speech saying the road

ahead will be bumpy but smoother than it would have been without some financial belt tightening. >> be happy talk. it will be serious talk because there are things that we still have to do, but compared to last year, much more optimistic. >> coming up tonight at 6:00, we will have more fallout from the investigative unit report. we will hear from union leaders and two high-profile city council members that exclusive story coming up tonight at 6:00. thousands of californians struggling to stay in their homes may soon be getting the help they are hoping for, thanks to landmark settlement with five of the nation's biggest banks. state and federal officials announcing the historic deal this morning. and for california homeowners, banks will spend $18 billion on reducing the principal on home loans, refinancing loans that are underwater and providing other types of relief. housing advocates say while it won't help everyone, it is a huge step in the right direction. >> i'm hoping that some of this money for principal reduction is going to make it possible for a

block of people, maybe for thousands of california homeowners, qualify for a loan modification so that they can actually keep their home. so, it could be -- this tool could be incredibly powerful. >> state and federal leaders say the deal will finally hold banks accountable for pushing borrowers are into foreclosure. how will the settlement really hit home for the rest of the nation, including more information here in california? stay with us for nightly news with brian williams for a look at what really matters in this deal. a bank of america is shutting down part of its operation in the east bay, leaving hundreds of people unemployed. 450 people, to be exact, in concord will lose their job because b of a is closing its consumer service center there. that is the unit that hands fraud and other claims. b of a says all the employees losing their jobs can apply for other available bank jobs or they may be eligible for a severance package. the man suspected of shooting a u.s. customs officer right outside of his newark homemade his first court appearance today.

61-year-old dennis bagwell was arraigned on charges of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. police say bagwell shot officer robert soaplick early tuesday morning. authorities later learned that soaplick's wife took classes at the bay area optical school in union city where the suspect was a teacher. but the motive behind the shooting is still unknown tonight. officer soaplick remains in the hospital. his condition is not being released at the request of his family. reversing decision that drew a nationwide backlash, ucsf announcing today it will given a undocumented immigrant the kidney transplant that he needs to survive. 35-year-old jesus navarro, who lives in oakland, will now be able to receive a kidney from his wife after being denied the operation just last week. a petition urging the hospital hospital to reverse its decision was signed by more than 140,000 people. today, ucsf issued a statement sake the decision was based on navarro's ability to pay for follow-up care and not his status as an illegal immigrant.

uncontrolled and unpredictable, a south bay teen with epilepsy faces the uncertainty of when a seizure will strike every single day. but now, she has some help. a seizure predictor that doesn't need battery power to work. all it really needs is a pat on the head. nbc bay area's marianne favro is live in san jose with the story of a very special dog and a new special partnership. >> well, soon they will be able to come here to this dog park with new canine companion. her dog will be able to let her know when she is about to have a seizure before it even happens. boardsly is demonstrating to rose just how her new service dog might be able to help her, by bringing her medication. 16-year-old rosa has epilepsy. >> i knock out. >> reporter: she just learned she will receive a seizure response dog trained by canine assistance, the same people that taught barnsly how to help his

owner take off her jacket. seizure dogs require a $20,000 investment, two years of training, one rose's family couldn't possibly afford because they are struggling to pay $1,000 a month for rosa's epilepsy medication. but del monte you can the makers of milkbone teamed up to pay for rosa's new service dogs she will receive next year. >> make me feel secure when i would have a seizure, like the dog would go get me help. >> reporter: more important, the dog is trained to let her know when she is about to have a seizure so she can take her emergency medication. this early alert has helped save lives. >> one of our recipients has a dog that is trained for the seizure response and the child was in the pool swimming and the dog knew a seizure was coming on and went and got help and brought the mother back to where the child was. >> reporter: rosa's mom is thrilled her daughter was awarded the trained, furry friend. >> going to be peace of mind as a mother because i know she will be protected, you know, in a way, because the dog will help

her. >> reporter: rosa hopes her new canine companion will become good friends with her dog, beya, and give her the confidence to get out and enjoy life. >> probably make me feel more safe, secure, like when i do have a seizure, it would make me feel, you know, more secure about my seizures. >> reporter: a new best friend that just also happens to be a four-legged alert system. next summer, rosa will spend two weeks training with her new dog and then she will be able to bring him home. reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> okay, thank you, marianne. a san raffaele woman has been reunited with the prized possession that she never thought she would see again, a necklace that she accidentally flushed down the toilet. take a look. >> i really thought it was bye bye necklace. >> the clasp on app's favorite piece of jewelry broke while she was wearing it in october but she didn't realize the necklace was gone nal few hours later. where did it go?

well, you guessed it, down the toilet. the neighbor reported the necklace reporting to the san rafael sanitation district. four months later, a sanitation employee arrived at her door. >> actually, i lost the necklace and he held it up. he said, here's your necklace. and, um, i was just in shock. >> she is smiling. she says the sanitation worker explained that he routinely checks the pipeline in her neighborhood and discovered her necklace last month. she says she is amazed not only that it was found but the man cleaned it up and delivered it to her in person. >> cleaned it up, too. a toothbrush, toothpick. >> routinely checks the pipelines there. >> a good worker. >> that is a great story. next at 5:00, the fbi releases its secret vault of details on the late steve jobs. what was uncovered? good evening, i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center.

temperatures are record setting and looking at big changes moving in offshore. talk about our chances of showers coming up and what the weekend looks like in a few minutes. new opportunities for women but they come with risks. the major change putting women closer to the front lines of war. crack the glass ceiling on technology, one woman's commitment to getting girls into the jobs of the efuture. jtfu sry just ahead in our bay area proud series.

the fbi is opening the file on the man who brought the world i-everything and interesting revelations about the late steve jobs. among them, his top secret clearance by the u.s. government in the late '80s as he was being considered by president george h. w. bush for a position on his export council. in 1985, the apple co-founder was also the victim of an extortion attempt and a bomb threat. the fbi files also reveal that

jobs dabbled in drugs in the '70s and '80s. the files were released after a request under the freedom of information act. you might call it anti-apple, unhappy with apple's business practices, protesters hand-delivered a pet twigs a quarter million signatures to the apple store in new york city group is part of an international movement outraged by working conditions at fox con, a taiwanese tech manufacturer that supplies -- that is apple's main supplier. the petitions come a day after hear, infull traited computers at fox con, exposing employee e-mails and passwords a recent "new york times" article documented cramp living conditions, excessive work hours and seven-day workweeks at that folks con facility. after the article came out, apple ceo tim cook told employees in an e-mail the claims are patently false. the second marine to face trial in the hazing of a bay area native has been found not guilty. today, a court martial panel

found sergeant benjamin johns not guilty of wrongfully humiliating and demeaning lance corporal harry lieu. the 21-year-old marine committed suicide last april after repeated hagds in afghanistan. lue is the nephew of california congresswoman judy chew. the first marine to stand trial in the lue case was sentenced to 30 days in jail and was demoted after pleading guilty. the third marine charged in the case must still face court martial. the role of women in the military may soon be changing. the pentagon is recommending that women should be allowed to serve closer to combat zones. the changes will open doors for serving in battalions which previously had been considered too close to the front lines. women will still be barred from serving in infan trictrinfantry special operations forces. some say they don't recognize their contributions to the military. changes will take place this spring and open up about 14,000 jobs. b.a.r.t. is one step closer

to coming to livermore. b.a.r.t.'s board of directors unanimously voted today to move forward with a project that would develop a five-mile extension from current stations in dublin pleasanton to reach livermore. there will be an environmental impact review and a search for funding. the project could cost more than $1 billion. b.a.r.t. estimates the extension would transport 21,000 new riders daily. technology moves fast. around here, we know that, but is moving -- but is it moving so fast that some are being left behind? we are not talking about the people who use it but the ones who make it. nbc bay area's garvin thomas is here with our latest chapter in our bay area proud series. garvin this is an issue rarely discussed in the silicon valley. can it be changed? >> one woman thinks so, raj. kimberly bryant is her name. hers is one of the great stories, about every day people who see something in their world that just doesn't seem right to them, but instead of complaining, or worse yet, ignoring it, she does something about it. something that makes us bay area

proud. >> hi, this is kimberly bryant. >> reporter: kimberly bryant would like a little company. >> okay. thank you. >> reporter: now, by that, we don't mean she is looking for anyone who share her table, rather she is looking for a lot of someone to share her career. you see, kimberly bryant is an african-american woman in technology and whenever she found herself among other tech types, one thing always stood out. her. >> i noticed that there are not too many people of color in the room and there definitely want weren't that many women either. >> reporter: kimberly heard from many manager types it is not that african-american women weren't getting hired, it's just that they weren't among those applying. so kimberly figured if she wanted company, she was going to have to doing? about it and black girls code was born. >> black girls code is an organization focused on helping girls of color from

underrepresented community learn about digital programming and technology and becoming the builders and creators of tomorrow. >> reporter: now, barely a year old, black girls code is exploding. twice as many girls showed up for the first class last fall than kimberly expected. black girls code just received a google rise award and people wanting to start their own chapters are calling from literally around the world. >> iowa. africa. hawaii. idaho. alaska. saying i want a chapter. this is great. i want -- how can i start a chapter here? you have multiple authors. >> reporter: kimberly was also recently asked to be a mentor for the pbs kids series "sigh girls." in kimberly's ensoerksd shooting this week in san francisco, she helps a team of bay area girls design a mobile media app for the california academy of sciences. kimberly's goal in all of this is to, of course, help girls, not the least among them, kimberly's own 13-year-old daughter. >> one of our tag lines for

black girls code is build the future and i believe that i'm an engineer, so i like to build things but in this case, i am not building an engine, i'm building the minds of the future. >> reporter: kimberly has found other lives is changing hearse as well and technology is no longer her singular passion. >> i really developed a passion for helping girls and really being a mentor and a coach to girls and that passion, it means more to me than any paycheck that i would get from a job. >> now, the next black girls code class is coming up in just about ten days, just about ten days, there is still limiteded space available, anybody is interested on my base facebook page, i will post the link to our story and how you can get in touch with kimberly if anyone wants to join. >> it takes programs like these to get the ball rolling. >> what was fascinating about -- one thing about the success of her programming she stumbled into something that nobody else is doing there is technology for kids, technology for girls but

she put together the girls of color, the technology and it exploded because everybody said, hey, nobody else was doing this. >> black girls code. >> lucky to have her. thanks, garvin. a check of our forecast now, another mild day, let's check in with jeff ranieri. >> as we were talking, janelle said how -- is it nice outside, some of us have been trapped in the studio. >> i was just going to bring up that. that is a shame. got to get outside, maybe in this two and a half minutes run outside. like not going to happen right now. i'm too busy. look at doppler radars, scans around, find dry conditions, right in throughout the bay area. temperatures very mild, about five to ten degrees above our averages as well, san jose topping out at 71, pleasanton, 71. downtown san francisco even popping out at 70, napa, 70 as well. take you outside through our sky camera network. what you will find is a little bit of mid and high level cloud cover, alcatraz back there, right in that midview of the sky camera and it is just gorgeous. as we look right now at our

current number, also starting to see things come down in san mateo, 67, sunnyvale, 66, san jose now, mid-60s, livermore. well above average for today. here is the thing not going to last long a chance of showers in the forecast for tomorrow morning, that will continue throughout friday, not thinking too much at this point but definitely going to change it up quite a bit from today. ahead, we are still following several weaker systems bring on again/off again showers coming in that 7-day forecast. on our satellite radar picture now, there is the high cloud cover, sky cam network, it is this area out here that could bring us showers as we head into tomorrow morning. what we are finding is it is really getting stretched apart. not too much moisture with this, but there is enough instability that we may see a shower drop out of this as we head into tomorrow morning. it is dry right up until midnight. as we head into 6 and 7:00 in the morning, there is our chance of showers, santa rosa, navado, extend in the peninsula, south

bay, east bay, looking at trace apples to spoun .05. full moon in affect, 41, santa rosa, 47, freemont, expecting 43 in santa cruz and for your forecast on your friday, weekend is almost here. 65 in san jose, 65, morgan hill, low 60s from santa cruz to los gatos. definitely cooler out here by about five to six degrees most of us. 65 in dub linger 64 danville, expecting 64 in walnut creek. the closer we get to the coastline tomorrow, the cooler the numbers will be, dropping to 57, half moon bay, 58, bodega bay. 60 in san francisco. some of our peninsula number does drop close to 10 degrees. three-day forecast, chance of showers, yet again, we head through friday, mainly dry for saturday, then another chance of showers coming late on sunday. as we transition into monday's forecast, then for tuesday, a slight chance of a shower for the morning, then gradually

start to dry out as we head into wednesday and also thursday. so, these showers, they are much needed but at this point, it is more of a nuisance because if we can't get the heavy rainfall, i know what everybody wants. >> the sun. i thought you guys are gonna answer that for me. >> you know, what do i want? >> need the rain. >> sure. still to come at 5:00, serious questions about the safety of a popular surgery with women. and a follow-up story we brought you this week, new changes could be on the way for the vending machine that sells the morning after pill. stay with us.

you might know that c-sections are the most common surgeries performed on women but for many preterm babies, c-sections can cause breathing problems. doctors have long assumed that labor and delivery might be too rough for very tiny preterm babies having trouble growing in the uterus. a study out today says something about the contractions of labor and going through the birth canal that allows extra fluid in

the baby's lungs to be squeezed out. >> when they are born by c-section, we don't have that time. they don't have that process. so, many times, the lungs just respect quite ready. >> and here are the numbers. babies born via c-section also a 30% higher risk of respiratory stress syndrome but they are necessary, in some cases, for breach babies and so those who have heart rates plummet during labor. a thd of all deliveries in the united states are done via c-section. the vending machine making headlines for dispensing the morning after pill has sparked an fda investigation. the government wants to determine whether the vending machine at a pennsylvania university is in line with a federal law that requires any female under the age of 17 have a prescription for the drug. the controversial machine has actually been use ted school for the past two years but the fda just learned about it. ch a nice localtoa ut abo pirytoilutbodr chil hen heldrng other children in need. stay with us. el

21 food senators southern california helped raise $160,000 for children's cancer research and it took them one week. among those who helped collect money for st. jude's children's hospital, children. a 5-year-old boy raised nearly $500 and a teenaged girl raised $1500. this is the third time that the stores have raised money for st. jude's. >> very nice story. >> congratulations to them. >> thanks for joining us right here at 5:00 on nbc bay area. nightly news is next with brian williams. >> we will see you back here at 6:00.